Food, Fuel & Society

Opening Session | Into the Void | Breakout A | Breakout B | Breakout C | Breakout D | Closing Session

An interactive forum bringing together folks from the frontlines of the food and fuel industries in America, to discuss how the issues are portrayed by the media and others.  Look for discussions on: food, biofuels, sustainability, farming today, immigration, labor- how all of these topics affect the changing landscape of agribusiness, and how they get covered in the media and elsewhere.

Agenda

Tuesday, October 12th: RJI

Registration/Breakfast
8 - 9:00 a.m.

Opening Session: Welcome & Introductions, Fred W. Smith Forum
9 - 10:10 a.m.

Keynote Speaker: Ira Flatow, Host, Talk of the Nation: Science Friday
Dean Mills, Dean, Missouri School of Journalism
Mike McKean, Director of Futures Lab, Reynolds Journalism Institute
Donna Vestal, Editor, Harvest Public Media
Frank Morris, News Director, KCUR - Kansas City

Into the Void: The Food and Fuel Stories We're Missing, Fred W. Smith Forum
10:20 - 11:20 a.m.

Moderator:
Mike McKean, Director of Futures Lab, RJI
Panelists:
Ira Flatow, Host, Talk of the Nation: Science Friday
Frank Morris, News Director, KCUR Kansas City
Charlene Finck, Vice President and Editor, Farm Journal Media
Bill Allen, Missouri School of Journalism

Morning Breakout A: Bio Fuels or Bust, Fred W. Smith Forum
11:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.

Moderator:
Donna Vestal, Harvest Public Media
Panelists:
David Swenson, Iowa State University
Bill Kovarik, Radford University
Pat Westoff, Food and Agricultural Policy Research Institute (FAPRI)

Morning Breakout B: Localvores and the Food Desert, 100A
11:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.

Moderator:
Reuben Stern, RJI Editor and KBIA Host
Panelists:
Mary Hendrickson, University of Missouri
Monica Eng, Chicago Tribune
Kathryn Colasanti, Michigan Good Food

Lunch
12:30 - 1:45 p.m.

Afternoon Breakout C: Getting the Job Done, Fred W. Smith Forum
2 - 3:15 p.m.

Moderator:
Bill Allen, University of Missouri
Panelists:
Domingo Martinez, Cambio Center
Jim Dickrell, Dairy Today
Matt Foulkes, University of Missouri

Afternoon Breakout D: Now I Recall, 100A
2 - 3:15 p.m.

Moderator:
Frank Morris, KCUR
Panelists:
Michael McGraw, Kansas City Star
Bob Weaber, University of Missouri
Richard Oswald, Daily Yonder

Closing Session: The Big Challenge: Cultivating Stories from the Ground Up
3:30 - 4:15 p.m.

Closing Party & Film, Ragtag Cinema & Cafe, 11 Hitt Street
5 p.m.
Enjoy local wine, beer and food and a showing of Edward R. Murrow's "Harvest of Shame."